Injury scare for Hima Das, Dutee Chand toppled on third day of National Inter-State Athletics meet

For MP Jabir it was an ideal race, one thing he had anticipated. The Kerala athlete had hoped for a sub-50 seconds timing in 400m hurdles that may have elevated his probabilities of Olympic qualification.
On the second day of the sixtieth National Inter-State Athletics Championships on the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala on Saturday, Jabir clocked 49.78 seconds in a race during which he was competing in opposition to himself. By the midway mark he had left the sphere far behind and ran by himself to complete approach behind the automated qualification mark of 48.90s.
The five-day meet is the final occasion for the Indian athletes eyeing tickets to Tokyo Olympic Games. It has been graded as a ‘B’ class occasion by the World Athletics to assist these athletes in search of qualification on the idea of their rankings.
“I’m happy and hope to be on the flight to Tokyo. With today’s performance I hope to garner 100 points to the rankings,” Jabir instructed indianexpress.com after the race. With Saturday’s present, the Indian Navy athlete hopes to climb three positions from his present thirty third on this planet rankings.
“This was my last event and I did my best. Now I’ll pray and hope to make the cut,” he added. Olympic qualification closes on June 29, the final day of the meet.
No-show between Dutee, Hima
Meanwhile, the showdown between Hima Das of Assam and Dutee Chand of Orissa was a no-show after Hima was seen limping throughout the heats. The Assamese athlete certified for the ultimate however failed to show up, elevating doubts on her health.
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Athletics Federation of India officers have been tight-lipped however tweeted saying Hima’s damage is just a muscle pull.
In the ladies’s 100m closing, Dutee was utterly routed by Tamil Nadu’s Dhana Lakshmi who clocked 11.52s to emerge because the quickest feminine athlete of the meet. Amasha De Silva of Sri Lanka (11.59s) and Archana S Suseendran additionally of TN (11.60s) have been second and third whereas Dutee was fourth, with a time of 11.62s.
Gurindervir Singh of Punjab, who clocked 10.27s, emerged because the quickest male athlete with a brand new meet file. The previous meet file of 10.32s was set by Krishna Kumar Rane in 2014. Love Preet Singh of Punjab (10.47s) and the reigning nationwide and meet file holder Amiya Kumar Mallick of Odisha (10.49s) completed second and third respectively.
Tejaswin wins however …
Much was anticipated from the US-returned Tejaswin Shankar, the nationwide file holder in males’s excessive soar occasion at 2.29m. The Delhi-lad was watching an Olympic qualifying mark of two.33m.
In the occasion held at Punjabi University stadium, Tejaswin received first place however with a modest effort of two.20m. Kerala jumpers Geo Jose and Aromal T, with similar 2.15 have been second and third, respectively. He is mendacity at 52nd place and can know his destiny within the coming days.
In the decathlon, 19-year-old Usaid Khan of Uttar Pradesh who was main with 3546 factors on Friday after completion of 5 occasions went to win the gold garnering 6893 factors. Kerala’s Gokul S (6680) and Punjab’s Gurlal Singh (6428) full the rostrum. In the Federation Cup held on the similar venue on March 16 this 12 months, Usaid had garnered a powerful 6890 factors to be on high
National file and meet file holder in males’s 110m hurdles, Siddhanth Thingalaya of Maharashtra (13.48s & 13.65s) will face 2021 Federation Cup champion Veeramani P of Tamil Nadu and 7 others within the closing on Sunday night. Seven different finals can even be held on the third day together with each women and men 800m, males’s triple and discus throw.
Results
MEN 400m Hurdles: Jabir Madari Palliyalil (Ker, 49.78s), Sathish Okay (TN, 51.90s), Pravin Kumar (TN, 52.77s); 100m: Gurindervir Singh (Punjab, 10.27 NMR, OMR 10.32s by Krishna Kumar Rane in 2014), Love Preet Singh (Pun, 10.47s), Amiya Kumar Mallick (Odisha, 10.49s); Hammer Throw: Damneet Singh (Pun, 62.03m), Niraj Kumar (Rajasthan, 60.28m), Ravi (Haryana, 57.92m); High Jump: Tejaswin Shankar (Delhi 2.20m), Geo Jos (Ker, 2.15m), Aromal T (Ker, 2.15m); 110m Hurdles (Qualified for closing): Debarjun Murmu (W Bengal), Veeraragavendra S (TN), Siddhanth Umananda Thingalaya (Mah), Mohammed Fais C (Ker), Amrinder Singh Aulakh (Pun), Veeramani P (TN), Kunal Chaudhary (UP), Naresh Yadav (UP);
WOMEN Shot Put: Manpreet Kaur (Punjab, 16.95m), Srishti Vig (Delhi, 15.96m), Kiran Baliyan (UP, 15.75m); lengthy soar: Shaili Singh (UP, 6.48m), Sherin A (TN, 6.26m), Renu (Haryana, 6.17m); 400m hurdles: Salini VK (Ker, 1:01.63s), Khushdeep Kaur (Punjab 1:04.52s), Nirmal Punia (Har, 1:05.68s) 100m: Dhana Lakshmi (TN, 11.52s), Amasha De Silva (Sri Lanka, 11.59s), Archana S Suseendran (TN, 11.60s).